UNSPSC 94131901: Animal liberation movements

UNSPSC 94131901 Animal liberation movements, a Commodity code, does not map to the work state and local governments are actually purchasing under recent solicitations filed under this code. The recent opportunities uniformly describe animal shelter services, veterinary care, boarding and kenneling, rescue operations, and animal housing equipment — none of which align with the code's nominal scope of liberation movements or animal activism. State and local procurement offices are using this code to tag substantive animal-welfare services including veterinary consulting and emergency care, spay-and-neuter surgeries, trap-neuter-vaccinate-release (TNVR) programs for feral cats, rescue partner incentives, microchip and vaccination clinics, canine behavior management, shelter food supplies, and animal housing equipment such as kennels, cat condos, and carriers. The issuing bodies include city animal care and control departments (San Antonio, Atlanta, Fort Worth, Wichita, Windcrest, Salem), county animal services divisions (Collier County, Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Bergen County, Harris County), and independent school districts (Los Fresnos Consolidated ISD). A state-level solicitation from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources for predator management also appears under this code, representing a significant outlier.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas (San Antonio, Fort Worth, Wichita, Windcrest, Los Fresnos) and Florida (Collier County, Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg in North Carolina, with additional postings in New Jersey, New York, Georgia, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the City of San Antonio's RFA for spay-and-neuter contract veterinarians with proposals due August 25, 2026, offering $1,300.00 per shift for surgeons meeting a minimum of 10 procedures per shift; Collier County's ITN for trap-neuter-vaccinate-release program services with proposals due March 17, 2026, compensating on a per-animal basis ($25 for healthy sterilized cats, tiered down to $5 for euthanasia); Hillsborough County's ITQ for cardboard pet carriers with an estimated contract value of $43,200.00 over two years and quotes due July 2, 2026; and the City of Wichita's RFP for veterinary consulting services with a Small & Emerging Business Enterprise set-aside weighted at 10% of scoring, questions due May 22, 2026, and proposals due June 5, 2026. The code's application to predator management by Georgia DNR suggests potential scope creep beyond traditional shelter services.